Example sentences of "[pron] [conj] she [verb] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Theda 's eyes met the scorching flame in his as she rose shakily to her feet to face him . |
| 2 | I guessed this was happening , because er she told me that she gets here at quarter past seven . |
| 3 | Indeed , she told me that she looked forward to practising them each evening as it formed such a peaceful interlude in her anxious life . |
| 4 | One mother of six told me that she moved happily from motherhood to grandmotherhood with no time between for mourning the empty nest . |
| 5 | I rang the number she 'd given me and she answered almost at once — whether she was up and reading , or whether the phone was beside her bed I did n't know . |
| 6 | He had offered to tell her fortune for nothing if she went there with him . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'll get her something when she comes home for that . ’ |
| 8 | But his outrageous irreverence was a relief ; eventually she had to admit to herself that she looked forward to hearing what Lieutenant Woolley had done now . |
| 9 | Katy was looking very pleased with herself when she came home from the nursery . |
| 10 | Oh , well , I 've made somebody 's day , ’ she said to herself as she walked briskly through the department , running her eye over the smooth operation of the unit . |
| 11 | If the child shows a habit of prolonged crying then instead of expecting him or her to sit there for a long period of time , the first break in crying after a few minutes should be taken by the parent as an opportunity to allow the child to get up . |
| 12 | She was breathlessly aware of him and she walked across to the fence that faced the field she could see from her room and stood there looking out into the distance . |
| 13 | His hand toyed mercilessly with her breasts , as if he had the right ; perhaps she had given him the right ; as if he owned her and she existed solely for his capricious use . |
| 14 | His arms came around her and she pressed willingly into them , lifting her chin and stretching up on her toes so that he did not have to bend so far towards her . |
| 15 | He reached for her and she stepped nimbly behind a chair . |
| 16 | The violence left her and she lay peacefully in his arms . |
| 17 | Michael held out his arms to her and she shrank away from him , clinging to Roy . |
| 18 | ‘ I shouted out to her but she walked past without even looking . |
| 19 | He unlocked the car door , holding it for her while she slipped inside with a quiet murmur of thanks . |
| 20 | Two years later , when the scandal peaked and middle-aged mobs shouted abuse at her as she sped away in large cars , it seemed less outraged morality they were proclaiming than outrage at being left behind in the 1950s . |
| 21 | She dropped the keys into her bag and straightened up , a small cry escaping her as she walked straight into a large solid body . |
| 22 | She brushed past Penry , eluding the hand he put out to detain her as she ran outside to the car , deaf to his entreaties as she jumped in the car and started it up with a violent rev of the engine . |
| 23 | Suddenly she was grasped from behind and the sky swam all around her as she fell heavily to the ground , landing with Fernando half across her . |
| 24 | ‘ What in the devil 's name is that ? ’ he demanded , following her as she crossed quickly to the gate and moved out into the grounds . |
| 25 | Despair choked her as she waited tensely for him to join her . |
| 26 | He watched her as she went past at a walk , the black Labrador and he both gazing wistfully , their breath steaming in the cold February morning . |
| 27 | Beginning to spin himself , he reached for her as she whirled slowly under his crotch . |
| 28 | He stood for a moment laughing at her as she cast furiously for the vanished rabbit , and walked on , to catch her up , along the raised embankment . |
| 29 | So Caterina the next day ran into Tommaso on an errand as if by accident and muttered to him ; she was twisting her limbs and quite red with fear , but he followed her as she ducked awkwardly into the church and knelt in front of the Madonna of the Spasm in the votive chapel . |
| 30 | Martin watched her as she moved quietly around the room . |